---
title: "init(name:description:type:guides:)"
framework: foundationmodels
role: symbol
role_heading: Initializer
path: "foundationmodels/generationschema/property/init(name:description:type:guides:)"
---

# init(name:description:type:guides:)

Create a property that contains a string type.

## Declaration

```swift
init<RegexOutput>(name: String, description: String? = nil, type: String.Type, guides: [Regex<RegexOutput>] = [])
```

## Parameters

- `name`: The property’s name.
- `description`: A natural language description of what content should be generated for this property.
- `type`: The type this property represents.
- `guides`: An array of regexes to be applied to this string. If there’re multiple regexes in the array, only the last one will be applied.